Unseen by Stephanie Erickson

Author:Stephanie Erickson [Erickson, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy
Goodreads: 23397698
Publisher: Pickles Press
Published: 2014-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

At dinner, everyone flooded me with questions, even though I was pretty sure they already knew most of the answers. Where I was from, what I studied in school, what instruments I played—that sort of thing. They all seemed excited to have a musician join the group, and they begged me to bring my guitar or keyboard or anything to play for them. I told them I wasn’t much of a peacock, but if they wanted to sing and have fun, I’d be happy to provide some background music.

“Ok, now it’s my turn to ask a question.” All eyes were on me. “If you could live forever, what would you do with your life?” It was a fun icebreaker question I’d learned in one of my therapy classes. Every once and a while, someone would really answer it, giving you a glimpse of who they were.

One person said travel. Another said write a book. Someone else claimed they would play all the Mario games back to back.

Once the laughter died down, Owen chimed in, “I wouldn’t want to live that long.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I don’t want to give people the chance to hate me. To become a burden to them. To be—” he hesitated, “—relieved when I die.”

“Well, that’s one way to kill the mood, O,” a guy sitting across from us said.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I meant to say I’d learn to play Gasbag de la Noot.”

“Now you’re just stealing ideas,” I said.

The conversation regained its jovial flow, but I couldn’t help wondering what had happened to Owen. Though he always had a smile and a laugh for everyone, he’d given me a glimpse of the dark thoughts that ran deep inside him.

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